Conceptual and Perceptual Drawings

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Preface 8
4. Introduction 10
5. PART I SKETCHING, THINKING, LEARNING
6. SKETCHING, THINKING, LEARNING 16
7. Sketching: A Means to Different Ends 26
8. Analysis: From Looking to Understanding 36
9. What Is a Diagram? 40
10. Diagrams and Design Practice 42
11. Developing Spatial Knowledge and Material Analogies 44
12. Synthesizing: From Analysis to Design 50
13. Conclusion 52
14. PART II DESIGN ACTS
15. Introduction 58
16. MAPPING THE PLAN 62
17. TRAVERSING THE SECTION 106
18. FACING THE BUILDING 146
19. PROBING THE DETAILS 188
20. ENGAGING THE CONTEXT 224
21. PART III HOLISTIC ACTS
22. Introduction 262
23. Sketching Apparent Simplicity 266
24. Representing a Layered Experience 267
25. Conceptual Memory of Place 268
26. Simply Complex 269
27. Sketching Essentials 270
28. Speculate on Systems 272
29. A Meditative Experience 273
30. 2D to 3D 274
31. What Makes a Place Unique 275
32. Lines of Thought 276
33. Visible Guidelines 277
34. Working All over the Page 278
35. Acts of Appreciation 280
36. Self-Awareness in Drawing 281
37. Encounters 282
38. The Nature of Entry and Threshold 283
39. A Holistic Journey 284
40. Conceptual and Perceptual Drawings 285
41. PART IV SKETCHING IN CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE
42. Introduction 286
43. AECOM 298
44. CallisonRTKL 300
45. CannonDesign 302
46. Corgan 304
47. DLR Group 306
48. HDR 308
49. HKS 310
50. IBI Group 312
51. Jacobs 314
52. Leo A Daly 316
53. NBBJ 318
54. Perkins Eastman 320
55. Perkins&Will 322
56. Populous 324
57. SmithGroup 326
58. Stantec 328
59. APPENDIX
60. Bibliography 330
61. Interview Bibliography 336
62. Illustration Credits 337
63. On the Author 338
64. Acknowledgments 338
65. Index of Buildings 339
66. Index of Building Types 340
67. Index of Locations 340
68. Index of Media 341
69. Index of Persons and Firms 341
70. Index of Subjects 343